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Gary Megson, the Bolton Wanderers manager, was given a vote of confidence on Friday by Phil Gartside, the chairman, but his position may become untenable if his team fall deeper into trouble over the next fortnight.

Gartside retains confidence in Megson and has publicly backed him to arrest the team’s slump as they prepare to face Manchester City today, but there is a growing feeling among the Bolton hierarchy, after a sequence of one draw and five defeats in their past six matches, that a change of manager will become necessary unless things improve. At present Bolton lie one position